NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does nervous breakdown mean? 

• NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (noun)
  The noun NERVOUS BREAKDOWN has 1 sense:

1. a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder

  Familiarity information: NERVOUS BREAKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nervous breakdown" is a kind of...):

breakdown; crack-up (a mental or physical breakdown)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nervous breakdown"):

nervous exhaustion; nervous prostration (an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work)

neurasthenia (nervous breakdown (not in technical use))